Witness to the truth : my struggle for human rights in Louisiana /

"Witness to the Truth tells the extraordinary life story of a grassroots human rights leader and his courageous campaign to win the right to vote for the African Americans of Lake Providence, Louisiana. Born in 1901 in a small, almost all-black parish, John H. Scott grew up in a community where...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, John Henry, 1901-1980
Otros Autores: Brown, Cleo Scott, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Scott, John Henry, > 1901-1980.
Scott, John Henry, > 1901-1980
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > Louisiana > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Louisiana > Biography.
Baptists > Louisiana > Clergy > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Louisiane > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Louisiane > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Louisiane > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Louisiane > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
African American civil rights workers
African Americans > Civil rights
Baptists > Clergy
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Race relations
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Louisiana > Race relations.
East Carroll Parish (La.) > Race relations.
East Carroll Parish (La.) > Biography.
Louisiane > Relations raciales.
Louisiana
Louisiana > East Carroll Parish
Schwärze
Biography
Biography.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The beginning
  • Grandfather
  • A different kind of place
  • Rabbit, possum, and coon brains
  • A matter of respect
  • Running when you can't hide
  • An awakening
  • New Deal/bad deal
  • Life after Transylvania
  • Am I not a citizen too?
  • Worse than you can imagine
  • A glimmer of hope
  • All of one accord
  • Victory and defeat
  • A cross for every voter
  • Creative solutions to the Negro problem
  • A cause worth dying for
  • Gross injustice
  • Trouble on every hand
  • One hundred years
  • Deliverance
  • Our eyes to the future.

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